R 150140Z DEC 97 ZYB
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC//
TO ALMAR
UNCLAS //N04600//
ALMAR 414/97
MSGID/GENADMIN/L//
SUBJ/INCREASED RIDERSHIP ON AMC CATEGORY B CHANNEL AIRLIFT//
REF/A/CMC WASHINGTON DC/060141ZAUG 97/-//
AMPN/REF A IS ALMAR 250/97//
RMKS/1.  THE REFERENCE EMPHASIZED INCREASING RIDERSHIP ON AMC
CATEGORY B MISSIONS IN ORDER TO ENSURE ADEQUATE AIRLIFT FOR
CONTINGENCY AND WAR BY DIRECTING THAT ALL MARINES USE CATEGORY B
FLIGHTS IF THEY MEET MISSION REQUIREMENTS.
2.  I WAS PLEASED WHEN GENERAL KROSS (CINCTRANSCOM) RECENTLY
EXPRESSED HIS CONGRATULATIONS FOR A "JOB WELL DONE" REGARDING
CATEGORY B RIDERSHIP.  GENERAL KROSS SAID "THE MARINE CORPS IS DOING
GREAT, NEARLY 24 PERCENT BETTER IN THE 4TH QUARTER OF FY97 THAN IN
THE SAME PERIOD OF FY96.  STATISTICS SHOW THAT THE MARINE CORPS IS
DOING THE BEST OF ALL THE SERVICES."
3.  BRAVO ZULU, MARINES.  COOPERATION WITH YOUR TRAFFIC
MANAGEMENT OFFICERS BOOKING YOUR FLIGHTS WAS CRITICAL TO THIS
SUCCESS.  JOB WELL DONE, KEEP UP THE GREAT EFFORT.
4.  C. C. KRULAK, COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//
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